The Early String Quartets, op. 18

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Takács Quartet

The Early String Quartets, Op. 18 is a set of six string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, published in 1801. The works employ Classical-era chamber forms and idioms—with balanced sonata structures, contrapuntal writing and increasing expressive contrast—which mark Beethoven's consolidation of the quartet genre and foreshadow the greater formal and harmonic experimentation of his middle period.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: 1. Allegro con brio
    8:44
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: 2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
    9:04
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    3:09
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: 4. Allegro
    6:23
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: 1. Allegro
    6:58
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: 2. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
    6:30
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: 3. Scherzo. Allegro
    4:14
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: 4. Allegro molto, quasi presto
    5:06
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: 1. Allegro
    7:35
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: 2. Andante con moto
    7:12
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: 3. Allegro
    2:34
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: 4. Presto
    6:15

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: 1. Allegro ma non tanto
    8:14
  2. 3.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: 2. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto
    6:20
  3. 4.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: 3. Menuetto. Allegretto
    3:31
  4. 5.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: 4. Allegro
    4:05
  5. 6.
    String Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5: 1. Allegro
    6:38
  6. 7.
    String Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5: 2. Menuetto
    5:15
  7. 8.
    String Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5: 3. Andante cantabile
    9:14
  8. 9.
    String Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5: 4. Allegro
    6:25
  9. 10.
    String Quartet no. 6 in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: 1. Allegro con brio
    6:02
  10. 11.
    String Quartet no. 6 in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: 2. Adagio ma non troppo
    6:44
  11. 12.
    String Quartet no. 6 in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: 3. Scherzo. Allegro
    3:04
  12. 13.
    String Quartet no. 6 in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: 4. La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro - Adagio - Alle
    8:21

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